disenthrall

Verb

disenthrall (third-person singular simple present disenthralls, present participle disenthralling, simple past and past participle disenthralled)

1. To disenchant; to break (someone) from a spell of (mental) captivation.
   • The Cubans have an intense love of music. […] The park was filled with people of all ages, sexes and conditions. On the marble flooring around the base of the statue, scores of children were dancing to dance music. […] When a lively Spanish tune is struck all begin to chatter and the children...1900 January, John R. Wilson, “A trip to Cuba”, in The Indianian, volume 5, number 1, Indianapolis, page 43
2. (literary, transitive, otherwise archaic) To free from slavery or captivation (thraldom).
   • In four words lies all our power—universal emancipation and representative legislature! […] I speak […] in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon...1902, John Philpot Curran, quotee, “John Philpot Curran”, in David Patrick, editor, Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, New Edition by David Patrick, LL.D. edition, volume 2, page 681
   • He noted Gandhi’s sense of satyagraha and a statement of Lincoln’s during the depths of the Civil War: “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”2008 March 30, Peter Applebome, “Applying Gandhi’s Ideas to Climate Change”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   unenthrall, unenslave, emancipate, free, unslave

   Antonyms:

   enthrall, enslave, shackle, fetter